I'm most likely going to build one. However, when I really start to get serious about it and I've saved up a little money I'm probably going to have people in this forum help me select like all of the components lol. There's just far too many to learn about and too many things to debate about which is better or worse. I'll probably come up with a price range of like $800-$1000 and see what people can come up with. I'll try to get the optimal recommendations and then see if I can't bargain hunt for deals on slightly better components if possible...

Wow, looks like I'm not that far from a Micro Center. The funny thing is, there's two of them, but the online reviews are funny for one. Don't go to that one, it's a mom n' pop shop, it's not a real Micro Center! D:

...and I just cancelled my Live account. Horrible piece of crap. The controller is terrible, the right analog stick is just messed up. Taking it back in tomorrow. The online was far better but it makes no difference. I'm not paying for it and I absolutely hate the controller.

Sony is my console of choice but eventually I'm gonna build a PC. The 3DS was a bad buy too. Just saying.

Since I'm waiting until around the end of the year, mostly for Skyrim, would I be better off waiting for new components to come out, or should I be bargain hunting or something? I dunno how fast things become obsolete or what.

While I'm here and I've got your attention, do any of you keep up with any future tech articles? I've heard it said that the power of silicon will be about exhausted by the year 2020. They've got alternatives in mind such as Diamond with Borox impurities. They're growing diamonds in labs now through a process called carbon vapor deposition. Then they're working on Quantum Computing but there's a lot of interference issues and whatnot.

Anyone know of any impending revolutionary changes? We got any big technological leaps looming on the horizon or what?

If it's all just plug-and-play then I'm going to be leaning towards building it. Any exceptions to that, is there anything I could really screw up?

Some time towards the end of the year I've decided I'd like to get a new PC. I've never built one and I don't know anything about electronics. Does it require a lot of knowhow and soldering skills or what?

Does anyone think buying one is the better way to go? Are there any specific sites where you can get good deals on gaming PCs? I don't know anything about this stuff and all I'm ever seeing is these long lists of components with long model numbers I don't understand lol. I'm ignorant about all of this stuff.

So any advice for how someone like me should go about getting a new PC?

I looked at crap on Amazon before I made a board about it. What I'm looking for is opinions of people who bought different controllers. People who didn't like the Xbox controller. Seeing if I could get a recommendation.

So I've got my new Xbox and I'm hating the controller. In particular I've concluded that the right analog stick is the weak point compared to my experience with the PS3 controller. The concave shape of the analogs is annoying that that little impression in the middle. Can anyone recommend a 3rd party controller or a different kind from Microsoft?

I'm already aware that there aren't any PS3-shaped ones aside from the occasional custom job, and I also know there's an adaptor on the market but I'm iffy about it.

Not everybody who shoots through a wall is a wall hacker, with a decent set of headphones you can pinpoint where people are even through a wall....if you are going around with ninja and UAV jammer I'd be suspicious but otherwise you really don't know for sure.

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It was a truly impossible shot fired from a second story room into a corner on a side of the building where there were absolutely no windows or anything. No testing for hit markers, just full-automatic fire directly on target. I was spectating the guy that was shot.